
House approves funding for 10 Central Virginia projects
The House of Representatives voted this week to approve funding for 10 Central Virginia projects totaling more than $6.3 million for Virginia’s Seventh District.

The House of Representatives voted this week to approve funding for 10 Central Virginia projects totaling more than $6.3 million for Virginia’s Seventh District.

If you have ordered something online and been amazed when it arrives at your doorstep the next day, you can probably thank a super-sized warehouse.

The Biden administration on Monday announced plans to relocate thousands of Afghan interpreters and translators with special immigrant visas to U.S. Army base Fort Lee in Petersburg.

Starting July 15, eligible parents will begin receiving automatic monthly payments for the next six months of $250 for every child aged 6 to 17 and $300 for every child under 6.

Approaching the six-month mark of the first year of the Biden administration, Virginia Tech political expert Karen Hult gives the president generally high marks for early accomplishments on the domestic and foreign front.

American Shakespeare Center’s 2021 Actors’ Renaissance Summer Season features a trio of classics: Macbeth, Henry V, and All’s Well That Ends Well beginning July 9.

After the recent proceedings at the G7 Summit in the UK earlier this month, the ongoing push from the U.S. government and Biden administration to introduce a global corporate tax has proven to be somewhat successful.

The House voted 222-190 on Wednesday to pass H.Res. 503, which would establish a Select Committee to investigate the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

The House voted Monday to pass the Global Health Security Act, legislation that emphasizes the United States’ commitment to promoting global health, safety and security.

Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA-08) celebrated the adoption of H.R. 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act, and H.R. 3593, the Department of Energy Science for the Future Act, both of which passed in the House of Representatives Monday with broad bipartisan support.
Local news is in “serious jeopardy,” according to experts. Pitch in and help AFP continue to deliver news to the Valley, Virginia and beyond.